Golden Daisy
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FastrSailr
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It's Golden Dazy, and do a search. Lots of info on here.
http://www.lcyc-vt.org/About_the_Club/Dazy_end_of_an_era.htm
http://www.lcyc-vt.org/About_the_Club/Dazy_end_of_an_era.htm
meade and jan gougeon (gougeon boat works and west system epoxy of bay city mi.) built her. forget who owns her now,though. help this helps.
barleymalt
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Golden Dazy was designed by Ron Holland and built by the Gougeon Brothers for the 1975 Canada's Cup. She was originally owned by Dr Gerry Murphy.
http://www.westsystem.com/webpages/home/about.htm
http://www.byc.com/cc1975.cfm
http://www.westsystem.com/webpages/home/about.htm
http://www.byc.com/cc1975.cfm
FastrSailr
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It was Holland designed 2-tonner as well. Probably rates PHRF somewhere in the high 70s?
EDIT: Barley beat me.
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Slowboat
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In 2002 she rated 75 Spin and it looks like 87 Cruise. These are Lake Champlain PHRF ratings.
She was a very cool boat, and I think most on the lake have fond memories.
She was a very cool boat, and I think most on the lake have fond memories.
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So any way. My dad raced on Golden Dazy in the 75 canadas cup. The shed thay built it in is a half mile down river from my location as we speek. I will look for pics. just call thay will tell you all you want to know.
celphtaught
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most recent owner is in boston, no? before that it was Bruce Hill in shelburne, vermont. rated 75 on LCPHRF, built by the gougen bros for the canada's cup
It rated 75 on Lake Champlain. Here is a link to the other ratings n the Lake for reference:
http://www.mbbc-vt.org/MBBC1_interface/LC_...ge.asp?choice=1
PM me if you need more info.
http://www.mbbc-vt.org/MBBC1_interface/LC_...ge.asp?choice=1
PM me if you need more info.
P_Wop
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Trivial factoid - the boat gave her name to the Dazy staysail, a much smaller and slimmer high-aspect spin staysail that actually worked. Pretty well all spin staysails to this day are based on this model.
ZAR
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for more info, ask Vegas.... if he does not know the answer, he can always ask his uncles, uncle Jan, or uncle Meade
And another: The tactician for the Canada's Cup match (that Dazy won) was the Australian John Bertrand. He was working for North in Pewaukee at the time.
barleymalt
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Yet one more..The Dazy crew also practiced an unheard of maneuver, the blooper gybe. Yes, instead of dropping the blooper (the odd looking downwind sail on the side for you kids) prior to gybing the kite, they gybed it around the spinnaker during the gybe. Two of my brothers were on the boat for the summer of 75 including the Canada's Cup. My father had to send a power boat out into northern Lake Huron to retrieve them during the distance race so they wouldn't miss my sister's wedding.
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Barley I remember the blooper gybe. do you or your brothers know larry
I sailed on the boat with the Hill family for over 10 years on Lake Champlain during the 80's-90'. The boat started out rating of 84 (in the 70's and 80's) and made its way down to 75 as people mentioned above. The boat was still pretty competitive even with the old sails on the boat.
It is a great boat and I have many fond memories, for the ones I can remember as there was a good amount of dipping into the libations at all times on the boat.
Where is the boat now?
Here is what the story from above says: "Anne says that they plan to keep Dazy at Salem Harbor this summer, but hope to eventually moor her in Portland, Maine, where “her nice deep seven-foot keel will be very happy in those waters.” With Portland an hour and a half away from their home in Ipswich, they are looking forward to exploring the Maine waters and are comfortable with the idea of sailing her by themselves."
Here is a link to an artist who did a great painting of the '75 Canada's Cup match. Scroll way over to the right. There used to be one hanging in BYC. http://www.jclary.com/gallery_frameset_new-gl1.html
FastrSailr
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FINS
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As I remember the problem with that painting is it was originally for the owner of Daisy. The painting has Maurader in the lead so he refused it.
celphtaught
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she'll do good in maine, maybe john and i will road trip down to visit her
